Here's what I in my ignorance assume to be an informatic (you are the first person I've run across that uses
the term as a noun, but I assume that is because you are trend - setter) that might shed new light on the assertions in your post above:
Not exact matches
And while the
term still has negative connotations when used
as a
noun (
as in, «Oh no!
Most stories in Northrop Frye's great literary circle blend two adjoining genres and are therefore identified by such double
terms as comic ironies, tragic romances, or romantic tragedies (the
noun in each phrase denotes the dominant type).
Even if we were certain of the original meaning of the root underlying the Hebrew
noun we could hardly take this
as conclusive evidence of the basic understanding of the Old Testament prophet in the middle centuries of the first millenium B.C. Rather, we will have to understand the sense of the
term nabi» from the person of the prophet himself
as he appears and functions in the community of ancient Israel.
He makes a good point that he uses the
terms «gay» and «homosexual»
as adjectives, not
as nouns,
as in «gay Christian» or «homosexual person.»
We find them in the treatise On Divine Names by Dionysius the Areopagite, where God is true Being and Goodness and Beauty, but also in the triadic analogies explored by Augustine in his treatise On the Trinity, where God is compared to Memory and Intellect and Will,
as well
as in the triads of
nouns fashioned by theologians inventing
terms for God in new languages.
Kent — the
term religious is being used
as a
noun, not an adjective, and represents people who have taken orders (orders meaning having joined a specific religeous organization in order to live in that organization for the rest of their lives).
It is perhaps interesting to note that the
term «being» is actually a form of the verb, even though most philosophers use it
as a substantive
noun.
Use the Bulletproof Trademarks only
as adjectives modifying the generic
term for the product or service and never use the Bulletproof Trademarks
as nouns or
as verbs.Correct example: BULLETPROOF ® Coffee is a great way to get your day started.Incorrect examples: Drinking bulletproof coffee gives me energy for the whole day.
Terms of Deity used
as proper
nouns.
In examining the phenomena of volunteering, history takes us back to 1755, where the first recorded
term was used in
as a verb, and was apparently composed from the
noun «volunteer», applied in a military context (which is defined
as «out of free will» [6]-RRB-.
The
term is not so much a
noun as a verb, not a destination or state of affairs but an active method of educating.
From this perspective, it might be more apt to describe Judd's work not in
terms the essay
as a
noun, but instead to essay,
as a verb meaning attempt or try.
Hot dogs, lamps, knobs, cranks, women, and the painter's persona all inhabit the gallery, and through decontextualization and embodiment, emerge
as figurative
terms hovering on abstraction, not unlike proper
nouns.
In grammatical
terms, the subject can be a
noun functioning
as one of the main components of a clause, making it the element about which the rest of the clause is predicated.
Pompier (used either
as a
noun or an adjective) became an avant - garde
term of derision for the slick tricks of painters who were the popular hits in the nineteenth century's enormous public exhibitions.
Jerry Kunkel: RECON TEXT Jan 11 — Mar 3, 2018 For «RECONTEXT,» a combination of the
terms RECON and CONTEXT, (RECON
as an abbreviation for reconnaissance — a
noun that comes from the French recon...
The big - assed Dictionary at the Main Fresno County Pl downtown, an American Heritage of some vintage, lists 15 definitions of the
term «lead»
as active verbs, 15
as intransitive and another 15
as nouns, before coming to the ultimate
noun definition I learned via the nifty cyber portal here @ RC to Nevin's Sea Ice Blog — must be near a decade ago.
Although I have not seen El Padre and La Madre (the feminine
noun still demands the feminine form) used for periods of increased frequency and intensity of ENSO events — it is perhaps not a bad usage if the
terms are defined properly
as the dominance of one ENSO state over another over decades to millennia.
19th - and early - 20th - Century judicial opinions are also littered with man - ending
nouns, which cemented the acceptability of some of these words
as legal
terms of art into the minds of impressionable law students.
The comparable
term in Aramaic, which was the lingua franca for most Jews during the Second Temple period, the
term also meant nest, rookery, hive, or brood, when used
as a
noun, or to get, obtain, or possess, when used
as a verb.